Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup

arstechnica.com 25 Feb '13, 10pm

Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup

Ruby 2.0 was released yesterday , giving the open source programming language a variety of new features and better-than-usual compatibility with the previous version. One significant addition is "Refinements," an experimental feature that aims to change the way monkey patching is performed. Refinements allow developers to change built-in methods without affecting other code that uses them. JRuby maintainer Charles Nutter describes Refinements as "a way to make class modifications that are only seen from within certain scopes," or to localize the monkey patches. He explains in a blog post : In Ruby, all classes are mutable. Indeed, when you define a new class, you're really just creating an empty class and filling it with methods. The ability to mutate classes at runtime has been used (or abused) by many libraries and frameworks to decorate Ruby's core classes with addition...

Full article: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/rub...

Tweets

@RailsThemes » 04 Mar '13, 5pm
#Ruby 2.0 has been out for a week now. What do you think of it? [link]
@callmeradical » 28 Feb '13, 2am
@McElaney sure you saw this Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link]
@cc_INC_Music » 26 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @Ubuntuka: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #OpenSource #Linux
@ScottDugas » 26 Feb '13, 6pm
Yes!!! Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link]
@karismafilms » 26 Feb '13, 9am
RT @matraty: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] via @zite
» 26 Feb '13, 5am
Show tb! Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] via @zite
@ereslibre » 26 Feb '13, 2am
RT @hnfirehose: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: [link]
@saranonline » 26 Feb '13, 12am
RT @GeekInfoNow: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails... [link] #TechnologyLab #programminglanguage #Ruby #opensource
@randyknob » 26 Feb '13, 12am
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #Rubyonrails
@All_Trends_IT » 26 Feb '13, 12am
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] via Jon Brodkin
@Ubuntuka » 25 Feb '13, 11pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #OpenSource #Linux
@lila_brooks » 25 Feb '13, 11pm
RT @arstechnica: #Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster #Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin #webdevelopment
@NZTechNews » 25 Feb '13, 11pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] via #newzsocial
@monkeynewswire » 25 Feb '13, 11pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup - Ars Technica [link]
@StartupEco » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#startup Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] via @eco_opensource
@jalfez » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #tecnologia
@VimalAnbalagan » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#SuryaRay #Surya Good read @suryaray Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey... [link] #SuryaRay #Indian @suryaray @suryaray
@Wcohengreader » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Ruby 2.0 was released yesterday, giving t... [link]
@Communiteeco » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#technology Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Monkeying ... [link] #gadgets #software
@ielitenoob » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Latest Ars Tech: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Monkeying ar... [link] #tech #news
@_TNews » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Monkeying around isn't such a bad thing. [link] #Tech
@PCHiccups » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ars: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Monkeying around isn't such a bad thing. [link]
@TInformer » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Monkeying around isn't such a bad thing. [link]
@gooberlive » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup Ruby 2.0 was released yesterday, giving the... [link]
@jasondotstar » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Ruby 2.0 was released ... [link] #opensource #news
@VeeraRags » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #technologylab #programminglanguage
@DrKMJ » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin #News
@SuryaRay3 » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#SuryaRay #Surya #SuryaRay #Surya Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching,... [link] @suryaray @suryaray @suryaray3
@Rajat_Basu » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
#SuryaRay #Surya #SuryaRay #Surya Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching,... [link] @suryaray @suryaray @suryaray
@rssnest » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
£1,049.60g £19.13s [link] Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup
@charfeddine_ » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #freesoftware
@IEEEGreen » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #IEEE #IEEEGreen
@param_india » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] #knowledge
@oyon1972 » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
ArsTechnica | Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Ruby 2.0 was released yest... [link]
@MSpenchant » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup: Ruby 2.0 was released yesterday, giving ... [link]
@offbeatonpurpos » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@arstechnica » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@fugugames » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@techpip » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link]
@Morrighan007 » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@ircolle » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@stimpyjaycat » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin
@JBrodkin » 25 Feb '13, 10pm
RT @arstechnica: Ruby 2.0 arrives with refined monkey patching, faster Rails startup [link] by @JBrodkin